Manufacture of fur coats and the product thereof



H. POST June 7, 1938.

MANUFACTURE OF FUR COATS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Filed Oct. 16, 19372--Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. Harry 1 0M M ATTORNEY,

June 7, 1938.. H. POST 0, 5

MANUFKCTURE OF FUR COATS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Eiled Oct. 16, 1937 I 2Sheets-Sheet 2' INVENTOR.

Harry P012? M ATTORNEY.

Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED. STATES PATEN o -m8 MANUFACT F FUR COATSAND THE PRODUCT THEREOF V I llarry Post, Brooklyn, N. Y. -AppllcatlonOctober 16, 1937, Serial No. 169,395

'3 Claims. (01. uazs This invention'relates generally to themanufacturebf 'fw jcoats'yand has particular refer-- ence to a novelmethod of cutting skins of grey Persian'lambs" and arranging cut stripsof such skins and bringing these skins together for the pie-determinedpurpose -of making a novel type of fur garment.

The invention has for'its object the provision of a method of cuttingand arranging natural grey Persian lamb skins only; or the manufac tureof .fur coats. A further object of this invenare of a; predominantly"light, approaching white,

shade, and the marginal endsOfsuch furs shade into'a darker color;approaching dark grey. "Certain others ofthese furs or skins arepredominantly dark grey with a gradual shading into lighter colorapproaching light grey in the centers thereof; and these respectiveskins are known as light and dark skins. Heretofore, it has beencustomary to use the light skins to make up a substantially light greyPersian lamb coat and to utilize the dark skins for the manufacture of adark greyPersian lamb coat. The dark skin coats command higher prices.grey skins are considerably lower in price, and light grey skin coatsare not popular.

My invention comprehends the utilization of.

both light and dark skins, and in accordance therewith, I am able tomake a Persian lamb coat of longitudinally combined portions alternatelyarranged in light and dark shades, the general effect being that thecoat is made of elongated skins in either light or dark colors,

the colors merging together at the margins of the portions. The noveltyof my new creation was so marked in the art of fur-making that it hasreceived immediate acceptance by the trade.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will behereinafter more fully described and shown in the drawings and finallypointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 illustrates the skin side of a piece of light grey fur;

Figure 2 depicts the fur side of a narrow strip of light grey Persianlamb fur;

Figure 3 shows the skin side of light grey iur strips sewed together;

marginal colors merging into The light.

Figure 4 is a skin side view of dark grey Persian lamb fur;

Figure 5 depicts the fur side of a narrow strip of dark grey fur;

Figure 6 shows'a skin side-view of dark grey 5 i fur strips sewedtogether;

Figure'l shows the skin side of a piece of fur made by joining theelongated light greystrips such as shown in Figure 3, with-the piecesshown in Figure 6, after the pieces such as are-shown 10 in Figure 6have been produced by cutting in two parts, and one of each of the partsjoined a to the central portion corresponding to that' shown in Figure3;

Figure 8 is a. fragmentary sectional view of Figure '7, showing anexterior side oi a completed composite piece of fur, having alternatelight grey and dark grey pieces of fur joined together-:- and Figure 9shows a complete i'ur coat madein 2b accordance with my invention.

Similar characters of reference represent simi lar parts throughout thevarious views.

Referring to the drawings and more-particu larly to Figures 1, 2, and 3,a skin ill of light grey Persian lamb is placed upon a tablein the formshown in Figure l, with the skin-side of the skin uppermost. Animaginary line indicated by ii-li is then drawn through the centralportion or the'skin, and the skin is then cut into strips angularlydownwardly from said medianline, as indicated by the lines l5 and IS" onFigure 1.

results a series of strips of light grey fur. Theseare then sewedtogether in the manner shown in Figure 3, and a piece of light grey furis produced. It will be noted from Figure 3 that the strips areangularly placed in respect to-a median line. These strips were broughttogether in accordance with the judgment of a skilled furrier who hasthe ability to compare and select furs of the same color.

A skin 20 of dark grey color is then taken, and a similar operation iscarried on; and the resulting piece of dark skin fur is illustrated inFigure 6. An imaginary line 2l--2l is drawn through the central portionof the skin shown in Figure 4, and the strips are then out such as thelarger v-shaped cutout 22 and the smaller V-shaped cutouts 23 and 24 andthe elongated or narrow 1 so as to form a piece of fur as shown inFigure 6. M5

From this preliminary operation there The result isthat the outer or forside of the piece shown in Figure 6 is substantially dark in color,representing a dark Persian lamb skin as depicted in Figure 5.

The skin shown in Figure 6 is cut longitudinally into halves illustratedby the two parallel lines indicated by reference character 0, and as aresult the two halves indicated by a and b are obtained.

In selecting the strips to make up the pieces shown in Figure 3, thelighter shades of the strips are brought into the central portion, andthe darker shades to the marginal portions, all still being light greyfur. In selecting the strips to make the pieces shown in Figure 6,1.thelighter shades are brought into the central portion, and the darkershades to the marginal portions, all still being a dark grey color.

The pieces of fur shown in Figure 3 are then placedupon a table, and ateach side of the piece shown in Figure 3 one of the halves a and b isplaced, and these halvesare then joined by a seam to the center portionA, as shown in Figure '1, the seams running the whole length of thepieces and indicated by s and s. The strips bear reference charactersresembling those in Figures 3 and 6. When the composite piece shown inFigure 7 is viewed from the exterior or right side, an appearance suchasshown in Figure 8 is produced. Pieces such as shown in Figure 7 arethen joined together, following selected patterns of ladies fur coats,and a fur coat such as illustrated in Figure 9 is obtained.

In the final product of a composite piece, the marginal portions of thepieces a, A, and b, merge into each other, the coloring thereof blendingone into the other. c

About twenty-four skins are necessary to make a coat such as shown inFigure 8. If all the skins would be light grey Persian lamb, the coatwould have very little value compared to a coat made only of all darkgrey Persian lamb. By utilizing twelvedark grey Persian lamb skins inaccordance with this invention, a coat is produced which has the same ora higher sales value than an entirely dark skin coat. 7

In cutting into the strips in the skin in Figure 1, as also the 'skinillustrated in Figure 4, certain darker strips such as I! and i8 mayresult from the skin of Figure 1, and certain lighter strips may resultfrom Figure 4, as indicated by strips 25 and 26, and these may bepreferably merged with the other strips of substantially the samecolor,so that in working out this improved system it may happen that from theskin shown in Figure 3, certain strips 25' and 26 of lighter color maybeutilized from the fur of Figure 4;

whereas in the strips shown in Figure 6, certain darker shades of theskin of Figure 1, indicated so by I! and II, may be utilized. 7

I have describedmy invention as embodied in certain forms, but changesmay be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention asdefined by the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. A method of manufacturing Persian lamb furs, which consists incutting into strips the skin of a light grey Persian lamb which ispartially dark, and the skin of a dark grey Persian lamb, which ispartially light, selectelongated piece of fur substantially of lightgrey color with the lightest color in the central portion thereof,selecting all of the dark grey strips and joining the same in dropfashion to form a narrow elongated piece of fur substantially of darkgrey color with the darkest color in the center thereof, halving thelatter, and joining each half at its darker portions to the darkerlongitudinal margins of the light grey I piece of fur to form acomposite skin of a light grey central portion and dark grey marginalportions, and joining such composite pieces of fur having dark marginalportions and light central portions to form a garment havinglongitudinal alternate light and dark bands.

mg allof the light grey strips and joining, the same in drop fashion toform a narrow 2. A method of manufacturing Persian lamb I to form acomposite piece of dark grey having a central light portion, and joininga plurality of such composite pieces together dark edge to dark edge ingarment fashion having longitudinal alternate light and dark bands.

3. A garment 'comprising a plurality of elongated or dropped pieces offur, alternating in light and dark grey shades, each of said piecescomprising strips of fur joined together, with the lighter fur in thecenter bounded on each side by darker fur, and all of said strips ofeach of said skins being substantially the same color with the marginalsections of the adjacent skins resembling each other in color so as toconstitute a blending or merger of the colors of one piece of fur intothe colors of the other pieces of fun with alternate light and darkbands, all of said strips being cut from light grey and dark greyPersian lamb skins.

HARRY POST.

